PNRA Expedition:
VI (1990-1991)
Chief Scientist:
F. Giorgetti (Univ. Trieste)
Research Project:
Sedimentology and seabed sampling
Sedimentology Principal Investigator:
M. Ravaioli (CNR Bologna)
Label:
ANTA91-27C
Sampling Method:
Gravity Core
Collected Area:
Drygalski Basin (Ross Sea)
Latitude:
-74.277
Longitude:
168.163
Collected date:
02/01/1991
Water depth (m):
495
Core length (cm):
257
Number of Sections:
3
Publications:
Contacts:
museoantartide@units.it
Preliminary Description:
Homogeneous dense sediment that contains a few subcentimetric clasts up to 20 cm (bottom of section III). The sediment is rich in clasts from 20 up to 32 cm. There is a net contact at 32 cm. The sediment’s density gradually decreases with some pluricentimetric denser levels with few clasts up to the bottom of the core.